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A portrait painting of the Headmaster John David Buchanan.

A photograph of former Headmaster John Buchanan attending a chess tournament in the Sports Hall in 1984.

A photograph of former Headmaster John Buchanan standing in front of a tree in the Science garden, in the 1990s. The photograph was used on the back cover of 'Oakham Orations'.

A photograph of former Headmaster John Buchanan giving a speech in Oakham Castle, in the late 1980s.

A photograph of John Buchanan at his desk in the late 1950s.

This series focusses on the headmastership of Tony Little (1996-2002) and contains items relating to the life at School in the 1990s and early 2000s, its staff and pupils.

A photograph of the Headmaster Graham Smallbone on his bicycle next to the former Headmaster John Buchanan. Date is unknown.

Stretching back to the headmastership of Dr. Doncaster, this collection comprehensively covers the correspondence, publications, photographs and other ephemera of the headmasters of Oakham School up to the present day. For many of the headmasters, correspondence and rolls calls are a significant theme in their series.

This collection also contains an excellent record of speeches and sermons given by G. Talbot Griffiths and John Buchanan.

The final series on reports covers the headmaster's, deputy headmaster's and registers writings on the state of the school, including topics such as building and estate development, admissions, the curriculum, examination results, and Old Oakhamians.

This series focusses on the headmastership of Nigel Lashbrook (2009-2019) and contains items relating to the life at School in the 2010s, its staff and pupils.

Two similar photographs (A and B) of former Headmaster John Buchanan and the Visitor, John Jerwood, attending a chess tournament in the Sports Hall in 1984.